St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-12

The diViSiOnlStS have had their voting
and, if they are satisfied with the re-
suit, there should be a season of general
felicity. as the unioniSts are decidedly
cheerful over the event of Tuesday.
in majority of the counties of the
South the vote drawn out by local Op
ton was largely cast for the division
ticket, the friends of unity and one
state letting the matter go by default.
IN many of them not enough interest
was taken TO provide printed
tickets for the opponents of di-
vision. But i'll the counties
where there was effort made it will
be seen that a good portion of the vote
was thrown for one state, quite a num-
Der of the counties, especially the more
northerly ones, giving decided MAORI
ties in that direction. These comprise
about all the region designated as Cen
trial Dakota. If it had been deemed
worth while TO make the effort, in
nearly all the counties except
those that have the state capital fever
there might nave been a generous di-
vision of the vote. The Black Hills
counties had no local option, and
it will be seen that the division
question failed to draw out a majority
of the vote. 1t is significant, too, that,
although that section has one of the
senators of the south state, and he is a
controlling spirit in a syndicate of vast
voting power, that region has divided
its vote on this question pretty nearly
equal. But the South has, of course,
given a decided majority of the vote
pOlled in favor of division. None eX-
pected that it would do otherwise. But
the returns come very far short of SuS-
tanning the claim that the South
is practically unanimous for di-
vision. Whether the majority for diviS-
ion is sufficient to Overbalance the OPP
position and the unpOlled vote, the
figures are not as yet full enough to de-
termine, but it looks as if it were not.
But how about the North? 1t was
claimed by Gen. CAMPBELL and the
other Southern champions of division
who crossed the line they seek to make
perpetual verify, that they found the
North quite as favorable to division as
the South: but the story of the ballots
portion to the vote cast the North seems
to be about as much opposed to di-
vision as the South is favorable
to it. Only here and there is
a county reported voting that way.
Even La MOure. which sent its venera-
bic editor and statesman. POTTER, on
missionary tour to the Manitoba line,
unkindly rebukeS him with Its adverse
majority: StutSman serves its chirOpOd-
ial orator, NICKEUS. in the same I'M
generous way. and Cass refuses to fol-
low its eloquent bisectorS. The North
has declared against division emphatic
ally. The SeparatorS have insisted
upon treating the two sections as dis
tinct entities, virtually divided, and of
course as such the North is one of the
parties to be consulted in fixing the
boundaries of new state. The North has
declared that it wants the boundry of
its state to run down to the Iowa and
Nebraska line. Its voice cannot be
OverbOrne by any preponderance of
numbers in what claims to be the other
political entity. 1t must be treated in
its individuality and have the same voice
in determining the question as the
political sister south of the fOrty-siXth
parallel. Then if any action is sought
at Washington in the way of statehood,
based upon the formal expression of the
people through the ballot box, the de-
mand of the North for the formation of
state with the present territorial
limits must have equal weight
with that of the South for two states.
The North has refused TO give its con-
sent to diViSiOn-the South has said
divide-one balances the Other-the
court is equally divided-the status quo
must continue. Will any have the as
surance to claim that the North should
have no voice, and its protest against
division be disregarded? The true
meaning of the anomalous sort of YOt-
ing done on this question is, that the
people of Dakota want statehood first
of all, and are waiting to leave it to the
powers at Washington to determine
whether its shape shall be that of mag
nifcent unity or unimpOrtant twins.
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